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Emblazon v. t. (past & past part. emblazoned; pres. part. emblazoning)

To depict or represent; said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. "The walls were... emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair."

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Etymology of 'Emblazon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emblazon" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Master taught. As long as Bohemia sighs for their Gospel, and the heathen know not the Son of Man, they feel that they must obey the Missionary mandate; and, convinced that in following these ideals they are not disobedient to the heavenly vision, they emblazon still upon their banner the motto ...

— History of the Moravian Church • J. E. Hutton

... by God's angel through storms, through desert seas, through the darkness of quicksands, through dreams and the dreadful revelations that are in dreams; only that at the last, with one sling of His victorious arm, He might snatch thee back from ruin, and might emblazon in thy deliverance the endless ...

— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey

... I borne, Of parents of grete note; My fadre dydd a nobile arms Emblazon onne hys ...

— Queechy, Volume I • Elizabeth Wetherell

... it neither Food nor Cash; Distinguish'd Honour shalt thou gain In Pandaemonium, for thy Pain. But—one Word more—My Mind misgives, That Virtue a near Neighbour lives— For in my search to find out Thee, I spied in this Vicinity A Knot of Friends, where I cou'd trace Honour emblazon'd in their Face, These (for their Thoughts I plainly see) Bear no good Will to you or me; Foolishly honest, cheap they hold Libidinoso and his Gold, And will maintain, to Conscience true, Their Virtue, spite of Me and You. Altho' your Influence be weak, Oppose them for opposing' Sake, ...

— The Methodist - A Poem • Evan Lloyd

Words linked to "Emblazon" : embellish, art, artistic creation, adorn, beautify, miniate, grace, color, decorate, colour, ornament